what can we do to help create an environment where jobs will be created? or can we do to create a possibility that every family that is willing to work hard has the chance to get a decent life? i think there are many things we can do. i am an optimist by nature, but i also believe you have to keep working at it. the president proposed the american jobs act. last night, he thanked congress for adopting a few of them and urged congress to enact the rest. i believe that, in the short run, investments in infrastructure makes sense. investments in keeping teachers and firemen from being laid off makes sense. in the longer term, we have to get our fiscal house in order, but we cannot shortchange the investments to build the economy for the future, things like infrastructure, education, skills training. we have the best workforce in the world, the most vital economy in the world. in order to be there in the future, we need the r&d and the people and the infrastructure. that is got to be in conjunction with fiscal policy that we can afford. bu>> i hope you will al